Thursday, January 20, 2005
Author response
Received via e-mail in response to this feedback -
OK first of all i did run it threw spell check and every thing was fine so thats not my fault it's the computer, second I try it put a capital at the begging of each name if I missed one oh to fucking bad. Deal with it its not like it's the end of the world.And last I did not know how to spell the name right so try as best a i could to wright the name.So get off my back about these things.Its not like I did not try
And replied with -
I doubt you actually did run your story through (please note the CORRECT spelling) a spell-check program. The errors present were ones no spell-check program would have missed and ones you should have caught yourself had you re-read your story after spell-checking it. Blaming the errors on the computer is childish and doesn't hold water.
It wasn't just one capital letter missed, it was many. The name Michael was rarely capitalized in your first posting.
If you have never, ever, seen an episode of QaF or read a QaF fan-fiction, maybe I could believe not knowing how to spell Brian's name. You've got a number QaF stories in your 'Favorite Stories' list, so have you not actually read them? From what I can see Brian's name comes up quite frequently.
Why don't you try dealing with not receiving a glowing review and taking the time to ensure your work is as error free as possible. If you do that, then you'll receive very few 'bad' reviews.
Your re-post of the story is somewhat of an improvement. You've attempted to correct your errors, but left a fair number of old ones and made a couple new ones.
There are a number of people within the QaF fandom who will do beta-reading, something you could benefit greatly from. Using a beta-reader is not an admission that a writer is no good, or anything else demeaning. And it's always good to have another set of eyes look over your work - what makes sense and flows to the writer might not make the same sense to a reader.
OK first of all i did run it threw spell check and every thing was fine so thats not my fault it's the computer, second I try it put a capital at the begging of each name if I missed one oh to fucking bad. Deal with it its not like it's the end of the world.And last I did not know how to spell the name right so try as best a i could to wright the name.So get off my back about these things.Its not like I did not try
And replied with -
I doubt you actually did run your story through (please note the CORRECT spelling) a spell-check program. The errors present were ones no spell-check program would have missed and ones you should have caught yourself had you re-read your story after spell-checking it. Blaming the errors on the computer is childish and doesn't hold water.
It wasn't just one capital letter missed, it was many. The name Michael was rarely capitalized in your first posting.
If you have never, ever, seen an episode of QaF or read a QaF fan-fiction, maybe I could believe not knowing how to spell Brian's name. You've got a number QaF stories in your 'Favorite Stories' list, so have you not actually read them? From what I can see Brian's name comes up quite frequently.
Why don't you try dealing with not receiving a glowing review and taking the time to ensure your work is as error free as possible. If you do that, then you'll receive very few 'bad' reviews.
Your re-post of the story is somewhat of an improvement. You've attempted to correct your errors, but left a fair number of old ones and made a couple new ones.
There are a number of people within the QaF fandom who will do beta-reading, something you could benefit greatly from. Using a beta-reader is not an admission that a writer is no good, or anything else demeaning. And it's always good to have another set of eyes look over your work - what makes sense and flows to the writer might not make the same sense to a reader.
# posted by hellsbit_ch @ 8:28 PM 
